Saying goodbye to Paris,TX

These last few weeks have been hard for my parents, siblings, and me.  In April, my dad's job talked of down sizing and let people know that if not enough employees volunteered to leave that they would start requesting them to do so  My dad immediately put his application on Monster.com and within 3 days had interviews with companies all over.  One company that was interested in him was still in Texas (what he preferred).   After interviewing with this company for 3 weeks they offered him a position as a reliability engineer.  He took the job and they put the house up for sale hoping it would sale within the next few months or within less than a year.  Little did my parents know, God had plans for their move to be quick.  The house sold within being on the market in 3 weeks.  I was shocked and so were they.  Today my parents are officially signing the house over to the new owners.  In the last week my parents, siblings, and I have been upset with the thought of saying goodbye to the house.  I am also sad about saying goodbye to those friends I hung out with every time I went to visit Paris for holidays.  

   I am going to miss Chancey and her children.  Chancey and I have been friends since 4th grade and still keep in touch on a regular basis.  I was there the day after her daughter  was born and have been in their lives for years.  Her daughter would even ask at the age of 3 "When is Cannis coming to pend the night wif me."  Along with Chancey will be my cousin Amber.  who I have so much fun with when I get a chance to see her.  At least I can see her whenever we have family reunions which makes me feel a little better.  I will miss getting to go down the road to visit Merita Head and see how Leslie and Kellie are doing.  

   It is hard to say goodbye, but at the same time I know that God has a hand in all of this because everything is transitioning so quickly for my parents to move from Paris to Burleson,TX.  

Finally a summer break!

Last Thursday was my last day at work for the school year.  I worked summer school in order to get extra money for a future baby fund.  I am not pregnant,but Bryan is a man who likes to plan things in advance.  Now our next step is getting back in shape.  I hope I don't get sick again like I did last time I tried to make a lifestyle change.  Bryan and I made those lovely news years resolutions and we followed them closely until I got bronchitis.  I was in the bed for 3 days and couldn't talk and had no appetite.  As soon as I started feeling better I wanted nothing but fatty food and there the lifestyle change went.  Now that I have time back in my life to relax, I am going to use it to jump start my lifestyle change again.  I do OK when I get to working out regularly and Bryan does well with the eating portion.  I am hoping that we can help each other out with the areas we are weak in.  

Along with the summer break comes a bitter sweet event.  My dad got a new job inn Burleson,TX and he started today.  My parents put their house up for sale and it was sold in 3 weeks.  The close on July 15th.  I am happy that they will be closer, but sad that I will never see my childhood home again.  I keep telling myself that its not the home I will miss,but all the memories that happened in that home.  The memories will always stay with me.  I have teared up a few times but I have not actually cried just yet.  The worst part is that I will not get to see family and friends that are still in Paris much anymore.  I can tell that my parents are having a hard time with that as well.  I just hope and pray that all goes well.  I know God has had a major hand in this transition because everything has lined up for them very smoothly in their transition.

My break will be spent working out, playing with the dogs, working around the house, and visiting family as much as possible.  Bryan and I head for a cruise to costa rico in a few weeks and can't wait to get to relax with him.  I know he needs a break too.